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Hillary Clinton’s Greatest Fear from FBI Probe Isn’t About Email

SOURCE Money Morning ^ | 4/11/16 | David Zeiler / FR posted by markomalley

When the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concludes its investigation of the Hillary Clinton private email server, the worst damage is not likely to come from the former secretary of state having classified information stored on a private server.

Earlier this year the FBI probe expanded into possible violations of public corruption laws resulting from her role as secretary of state and her association with the Clinton Foundation.

“The agents are investigating the possible intersection of Clinton Foundation donations, the dispensation of State Department contracts, and whether regular processes were followed,” an intelligence source told FOX News.

The concern is that Clinton, while secretary of state, gave favorable treatment to governments and businesses that had made large donations to the Clinton Foundation.

Hillary Clinton and her representatives have repeatedly denied any such thing took place. But we know the FBI is looking into the matter because it subpoenaed the Clinton Foundation last fall in a quest for documents relating to projects that may have required State Department approval during her tenure as secretary.

Should the FBI find a “smoking gun,” it would deal the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign a severe blow.

Although federal law prohibits foreign governments (or any foreign national) from making political contributions in connection with any election, the Clinton Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity. As such, it can legally accept donations from just about anyone.

The problem is that the Clinton Foundation is no ordinary charity…

The Clinton Foundation Is a Magnet for Foreign Donors

Because it is run by a former U.S. president, Bill Clinton, and a past secretary of state and current presidential candidate, it’s not hard to see how many foreign donors would see the Clinton Foundation as a way to buy influence in the American political system.

“The word was out to these groups that one of the best ways to gain access and influence with the Clintons was to give to this foundation,” Meredith McGehee, policy director at the Campaign Legal Center, told the International Business Times last year. “This shows why having public officials, or even spouses of public officials, connected with these nonprofits is problematic.”

Several members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that confirmed Clinton as secretary of state, including then Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), who was chairman at the time, expressed concern over her connection to the Clinton Foundation.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) even wrote Hillary Clinton a letter recommending that the Clinton Foundation refuse “all pledges and contributions from foreign sources” during her time as secretary of state.

But the Clinton Foundation relies on large foreign donations to do its work, which includes making AIDS treatments affordable, fighting climate change, and disaster relief. For the most part, the foreign donations continued.

What happened over the next several years is extremely troubling – and surely what has attracted the interest of FBI investigators…

These Hillary Clinton Conflicts of Interest Raise Serious Questions